Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

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Eric Brooks said:
Russia isn't "losing" the war... some posters viewing that too literal. They lost because they completely failed the objective.. economy is ruined.. and this will drag on for years.
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Exactly.

In a tactical/operational sense, they will probably prevail.

But in terms of grand strategy, they've fukked themselves for decades to come, even generations.

Russian military power was better as a threat, a stick to dangle over the heads of nervous Eastern European regimes. Now what? Russia has lost more men in a week than America did in 20 years of global conflict. NATO hegemony has been solidified. European neutrality is a thing of the past. They've gained a ungovernable neighbor on their southern border, with the potential for an insurgency that could pump out terrorists who look exactly like the Russians do and speak the same language.
 
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Able Archer 83 said:
Exactly.

In a tactical/operational sense, they will probably prevail.

But in terms of grand strategy, they've fukked themselves for decades to come, even generations.

Russian military power was better as a threat, a stick to dangle over the heads of nervous Eastern European regimes. Now what? Russia has lost more men in a week than America did in 20 years of global conflict. NATO hegemony has been solidified. European neutrality is a thing of the past. They've gained a ungovernable neighbor on their southern border, with the potential for an insurgency that could pump out terrorists who look exactly like the Russians do and speak the same language.
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"B-b-but. It's too early to say if they've lost or won."
 
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